Category Archives: Business

This entry comes from our content partners at Invest KOREA’s blog privateequitykorea.com. You may have read our translation of a recent article by Money Today exploring the trend of Korean VCs pursuing larger investments that one would normally associate with private equity. This article from E-Daily referencing a report from Korea’s Small and Medium Sized Business Administration provides some interesting statistics for perspective…. Continue Reading

It’s a side of entrepreneurship we don’t like to talk about — failure. Unfortunately, it’s a big part of being an entrepreneur and to ignore it would be a big mistake. Below, on an episode of “This Week in TechStars“, Don Dodge from Google gives a talk about failure and setting impossible goals. Here are some of… Continue Reading

(원문 기사를 보시려면 이 곳을 클릭하세요) Its great to see Korea and its startup community highlighted in INC Magazine (thank you Max)! Korea is in the early phase of a rapidly developing startup eco-system. The tide is rising and there has been no better time in Korea to get on and ride the next Hallyru 2.0… Continue Reading

A couple weeks ago I wrote about Moglue and Sha.kr, two Korean companies that pitched during the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in Beijing. Both gave awesome, high-energy pitches (Sha.kr / Moglue) and really showed that Korean startups are ready to play in the majors. Moglue’s CMO, Chris Riley, was kind enough to write up… Continue Reading

Here at Seoul Space we are usually very busy, but this month in November we thought that we could do with a little challenge and we decided to bring to you 4 different that we have jam-packed in 2 days.  We have been promoting them for quite a while now but as there is so much going… Continue Reading

Good move or bad move… its tough to say, but this would certainly be a big move. What do you think? ___ Here’s a repost of the original article from the Korea Times   Google has been enjoying a rapid increase in customers here, driven by the growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers powered… Continue Reading

I am always most appreciative when someone else *ahemKiraNewmancough* can put my rants into text.  So, I’m going with a “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke” approach to a blog.   Here is a repost of TechCocktail.com’s article:    Why Google Failed and the iPhone Won in Korea October 21, 2011   After over… Continue Reading

For the first time, Tech Crunch has expanded it’s Disrupt conference to include Asia. At yesterday’s inaugural event in Beijing, two Korean startups took to the stage as part of the Startup Battlefield, where founders pitched their companies or concepts in front of a panel of judges and an audience of entrepreneurs, VCs, angels and potential… Continue Reading